He's using it in the context of AC's explanations for his delay in doing the art - any of which are believeable to a certain point. After months upon months of delays, the sympathy and understanding you generate from strangers if your dog/cat/parakeet dies, brother/sister/barber gets in an auto accident, wife/dog/mother has a questionable personal relationship goes out the window.
AC used it as a crutch to explain why he wasn't producing, and now the time has long since passed and it leaves everyone to question the validity of his excuses, and any excuse that happens after that. I don't see how it causes any sort of problem, and it definitely paints a picture of AC's professional ethics.
Better way of putting it. :thumbsup: